ATC-TEST 1 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
After WWI, what were the aircrafts primary used for? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅For the application
of Pesticides.
What is the name of the first pair traffic controller? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Archie League.
What airport employed the first air-traffic controller - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅STL
What is the name of the first woman air-traffic controller - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Mary Chance
Van Scyoc
What are light guns? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Communication involves serious of coloured light
signals
What air-traffic control facility was the 1st to use radio communication - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Cleveland Tower
What were some of the limitations associated with early aircraft ready communication - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Aircraft radio equipment was heavy, unreliable and expensive
•
Aircraft electrical systems not sufficient to power radios
•
No standardized phraseology
•
Airlines reluctant to sacrifice revenue generating space to
install radios
•
Pilots were not required to contact controllers
, What organisation late to creation of air traffic control units - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅In 1935 by
United State airline
The civil aeronautics act created what independent agency - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The
international civil of aviation organisation in 1947 (ICAO)
What year was the first surveillance radar used for air-traffic control purposes introduce - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅In 1956
What organisation formed a committee that recommended the development of a common ATC system
for civil and military use - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅RTCA SC-31
(Radio technical commission for aeronautics)
The Federal aviation act formed what federal aviation organization? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅In
1958, the federal aviation agency
What was project Beacon - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅To investigate the ATC system and make
recommendations to improve it
What ATC professional organisation went on strike in 1981 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅PATCO
What legislation created that if FAA and NTSB - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅In 1967 the Department of
transportation act created
What is the mission of ATC system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅To prevent an aircraft collision
How is the mission of ATC system achieved - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Safety, orderly and
expressions flow of air traffic
What 3 entities employ ATC controllers in the United States - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅FAA
Department of defence (DoD)
After WWI, what were the aircrafts primary used for? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅For the application
of Pesticides.
What is the name of the first pair traffic controller? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Archie League.
What airport employed the first air-traffic controller - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅STL
What is the name of the first woman air-traffic controller - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Mary Chance
Van Scyoc
What are light guns? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Communication involves serious of coloured light
signals
What air-traffic control facility was the 1st to use radio communication - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Cleveland Tower
What were some of the limitations associated with early aircraft ready communication - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Aircraft radio equipment was heavy, unreliable and expensive
•
Aircraft electrical systems not sufficient to power radios
•
No standardized phraseology
•
Airlines reluctant to sacrifice revenue generating space to
install radios
•
Pilots were not required to contact controllers
, What organisation late to creation of air traffic control units - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅In 1935 by
United State airline
The civil aeronautics act created what independent agency - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The
international civil of aviation organisation in 1947 (ICAO)
What year was the first surveillance radar used for air-traffic control purposes introduce - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅In 1956
What organisation formed a committee that recommended the development of a common ATC system
for civil and military use - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅RTCA SC-31
(Radio technical commission for aeronautics)
The Federal aviation act formed what federal aviation organization? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅In
1958, the federal aviation agency
What was project Beacon - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅To investigate the ATC system and make
recommendations to improve it
What ATC professional organisation went on strike in 1981 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅PATCO
What legislation created that if FAA and NTSB - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅In 1967 the Department of
transportation act created
What is the mission of ATC system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅To prevent an aircraft collision
How is the mission of ATC system achieved - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Safety, orderly and
expressions flow of air traffic
What 3 entities employ ATC controllers in the United States - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅FAA
Department of defence (DoD)
